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VOLUME XXXVI. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1921. H[AVY DOCKEI FOR SPRING COURT Many Liquor Cases to be Heard BURDETTE CASE STARTS TODAY 8pring Term of General Sessions Court Convened Monday with Judg'e i. i. Townsend Presiding. Burdette Case to be Called This Morning. The Court of General Sessions con Yened Monday morning w4th His Honor, W. H. Townsend, of Columbia, lpresidin-g and the other court officers in their rcspective places. The great er part of the forenoon was taken up In organizing, a delay being caused by the necess'ty of drawing a grand juror in place of one who had moved from ,the county. di. 'L. Wolff was draiwn to serve in his iplace. Three petit jurors wore excused for cause -and the follow Ing drawvn to serve in their places: J. A. Leaman, J. J. Glenn and F. K. Tay lor. obert H. Roper was nppointed by the court as foreman of the grand jury. This being the first term of the .new grand jury, the court set forth their duties in a very earnest and im pressive manner. The grand Jutry completed its wor% Tuesday afternoon and after mak ing, its presen-tment to the court was dis missed for the ttrm. With the excep tiota of a recommendaition that the supervijor and treasmrer be authorized and diree.ted to borrow money in an ticipation of 'taxes, the presentment was merely a formal document as the jury had just undertaken its work. TnIe Bills The grand jury reported out the fol lowing true bills: Violation of the Prohibition Laiw:: .1 I. Holmes, P. G. Kanelos, Vanve John son, Jim Bolter, R. E. Cox, Rich Shell, Box Nims, J. ). Pitts, 'William Gannt, Will Wilso:, lartha Hill Ralph Aber crombie. Wayne Abercrombie, Booth Abencronbie, Furman Abercrombie, Fred Abercrombie, 'P1ink Farmer, iUzzle Simiuson, B. McIntire and S. A. 11ills. For' M urder-Dugan Long, Robert Gilland, Claude Owings, Ludie Fuller. For 'IHouse Breaking and Larceny Melvin Anderson and Dave Pulham. - Asault and Battery with Intent to Kil-Geo. Woody, Will Gantbrell, Gar rett Phelps, Lidle Workman, Claude Goodman, John Peterson, Conway Todd, J'amos Beeks, May Pitts, Yancy Otueta and Furman Sullivan. Forgery-King Morrow. Burglary and Larceny-Tom John son, Floyd Ouzts. Malicious Mischief-ancy and Nora Ouz7ts. Obtaining coods Under False Pre tense---Samin Sullivan. Disjponing of P'ropert y .Under I.Ien 13. II. Hlowartd. A&bb Shell. "No lBllis" were foutnd in the follow Ing Cases: Edd Tiuccker, obutainin.g goods utnder faire pretenses. ,A. D). iHobertson, dlisposing of pte rnorty utnder lietn. WVayne A4bercromubio -md~ Wishtei Workman, sedutctiont. The following entered plena of gutil ty: Clarence Boyd, violation of prohibi tion law, 6i months, 4 tuonthus sutspendl ed during godl behavior. Gleo. Woodiy, assault and battery; 3 months~ or~ $125. B. Mclntire, violation of prohibition law: 6 months, 4 months suspended during good behavior. Lizzie Sim pson, same sentence. King Morrow, forgery, two years. Lidle W~orkman, assault and battery, $100 or 2 months. Wister Davis, house breaking and larceny; not sentenced. .The first case atried uwas that of Mel vin Anderson and D)ave Putiham, house breaking and larceny, it ebing char'ged that ,they entetred a atore at hanford Station. They ivere foutnd guilty, but sentence has not been ipastsed. Rosa Gray, couloredl, was atcquitatedl of the mttrder of 'her hutsband at 'Lydia Mill last July. Self defense wvas her plea. Ernest Coleman .was given $50 or 30 days for disorderly condutet on the highways. Trho court was engaged last night with the case of Caroline Lenman and DR GEO. C. ALBRIGHIT 'ENIDBS i1S LIFE Dies Fron Self-Administered Dose of Poisonous Fluid Friday Afternoon. Burial at Clinton. The funeral services over the body of the late Dr. Geo. C. Albright, who was found dead in his ofilce in this city Friday afternoon shortly before -three o'clock, were held from tihe home of his sister, iMrs. 'Hale Shands, in Clin ,ton, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock and the remains laid to rest in the Presby terian cemetery immediately after wards. The services were conducted .by -Dr. D. J. 'Woods and Rev. J. F. Jacobs, Presbyterian ministers of Clinton, and Rev. C. T. Squires, pastor of the .First Presbyterian church of this city, of which 'the deceased was a member. The last rites were attended by a large concourse of sorrowing friends and relatives both from Laurens and Clinton, many of iwihom carried floral tributes which .were tenderly laid upon the grave after the services. The ac tive -pall bearers were Dr. T. L. Tim ierman, Dr. Clifton Jones. E. W. Copeland, Dr. J. H. Teague, Dr. W. D. Ferguson, Lawrence Kennedy, Ross 1). Young and R. V. Irby. The honorary pall bearers from Laurens were Gov. R. A. Cooper, Meesrs. R. F. Jones, Brooks Stwygert, C. H. Roper, H. Terry, C. M. Miller, Claude Babb, F. M. Smith, Dr. W. H. IDial, T. D. Lake, Dr. R. E. Hughes, W. G. 'Lancaster, J. N. Wright, Dr. C. .P. Vincent, S. P. Unabb, M. L. Copeland and J. Warren Bolt. Hon grary pall .bearers from Clinton were G. A. Copeland, J. .1. Copeland, J. T. Robertson, B. L. King, G. W. Young, Dr. M. J. McFadden, Dr. W. R. John son, J. W. Leake, R. Z. Wright, J. A. Bailey, N. W. Ferguson and Dr. A. E. SIpencer. The body of Dr Albright, with life extinct, was dliscovered in his office Friday afternoon shortly before three o'clock, circumstances in the case (learly indicating that lie had died as a iesult of a self-administered dose of a poisonous liquid. A note which lie wrote prior -to his death, but which lie tore up before the end came and throw on the floor, w as patched together, by 13' arrivals at the scene of his death and disclosed his intention to seek in derdh a relief from a long period of sieikness and inability to work. An other note, left %to his family, was placed in their hands. The body was found in the dressing room of his of flee by his son, Geo. C, Albright, Jr., Dr. T. L. Timmerman and 'Mr. C. H. Babb, wi'ho went to his office after his family had become uneasy upon his failure to attend the midday meal or answer 'the telephone. Dr. Albright was a native of Olinton and wae 51 years of age. He was a graduate of the dental college at Van derbilt University and soon after his graduation opened his office in Lau rens, where he had a wide and lucra tive practice which ill health during recent years forced 'hm in part to give up. He was recognized as one of the leading dentists of the section and was honored on1 several occasion b~y be ing elected president of the district dent 'ii arseciaation, lie was one of the most r: '0pular n ad hieh ly esteemed citi zens of the community, beIng singu larly p~o:sessed with the qullity of making friends. hV:ddes his widow, who iwns 'Misa4 Nannie Vance, of Clinton, and a sis ter, Mirs. H'ale Shiands, of the same place, Dri. Ailbrighit is surivivedl by3 t'hree ions, Geo. C., Wiliain Vance and Clar ence Albright, 'the eldhest being at home from college on account of an injury r'eceivedl in a toot-ball game. Miss (Carrie Goodmnan Miss Carrie Goodman, an estimable young woman of Cross Hill, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bl1u ford Goodman at that place Saturday morning and was 'buried at Liberty Springs church Sunday at 12 o'clock, R1ev. W. B. Ratchford conducting the serv'ices. Miss Goodman was a trained nurse .by profession and .was actively enigagedl in that work up until a felw weeks before her death, Preaching at Gray Court. 'Rev. C. T. Squires exppets to fill his appointment next Sunday afternoon ait 3:30 oclock at 'Dorroh Presbyterian chur'ch at Gray Court. Iioirace Elmore, colored, charged with mummrder. The court will take 'up the BJurdette case this morning. The Owings case is set for Thuerstay. SOMXE TEACHERS GET PAY In SIto of Stringency County Tres. urer Has Been Able to Pay Teachers from Some Districts. Despite the cry of "No money for -teachers" Laurens County is paying out considerable salaries each month for teachers, according to Superin tendent Wilson. During the month of February the County Treasurer paid warrantis amounting to $18,696.00. Up to March the first the Treasurer had paid to school -teachers $166,659.00. The inability 'to pay teachers In cer tain cases has been brought about by the slownoss with which taxes have been paid and the uncertainty as to what the logislature was going to (o in regard 'to state appropriations. In, the districts that have spent all of the district funds even after all of the tax es have been paid the only hca:( is for state aid. The legislature has,reason ably taken care of these districts, ac cording to the State Superintendent. In the districts where tihe funds have not ;been entirely spent the warrants of the 'teachers can no't be met at pros eat because of the fact that many peo pie 'were hard hit by the economic de pression and were thus not able to pay taxes before the penalty .went on. Such warrants will .be paid Just as soon as enough taxes are paid in to take care of them. The Superintendent states that the Treasurer is paying claims just a's ipromptly as his finances wfl! allow. Such conditions are found in other counties as well as in Laurens county, reports the County Superin'tendent. E'very now and then the report comes:i that Newberry or some other county Is paying the teachers. Supt. Wilson says he has investigated the report and has found that similar conditions exist in Spartanburg, Newberry and Green ville counties as exist in Laurens coun ty and that Laurens teachers are not alone in their misery. ANNUAL CONTESTS ON APRIL FIRST1 Athletes and Orators fron Laurens (ounty lHigh Schools to Compete Here Friday, April Ist. Prizes for Athletes. The Laurens County Teachers Asso ciation at its last meeting decided to hold the annual track meet and ora torical contest in Laurens on Friday, April 1st. Every school in the county for white children is Invited t6 take part. The track meet will be held on the atiletic field of the 'Laurens city schools, beginning at 2 P. M. Two boys may be entered in each event, and there is no limit to the number of contestants from each school. There will be ten events as follows: 100 yard dash, 220 yard dash, 440 yard run, half mile run, 120 yard hurdles, running high jumip, pole vault, running broad jump, discus throw, 'and shot put. Prizes will .be given the winners in each event. The speaking contests will be held in the evening. There will be one con test for boys and one for 'girls. 1.ach school may enter one pupil1 in each contest. The ieiections, which need not be original, must not lbe more than 12 minutes in length. F"or furthor information write Su Pt. it. W. Gasque, Laurens, S. C., or Sulpt. J. Ii. With~ersipoon, Clinton, S. C. Anothe lIr liomide Near (Gray ('ourt Ilersie Jones, a negro woman, was shot, and al most instantly killed nleara Gray Court last Fridlay by Lauther Fuil Ier, a aogro man, according to testi mnony introduced at th.e coroner's ini quest which followed 'the homicide. The wvoman was walking in the roadl wvIth another man, according to -The testimony, when Fuller appearedi on thdf scene. Tho shooting occurred in a (luarrel which ensuod. Fuller w-ns later -arrested and -placed in the county jail. Mrs. ,John Finley Dead News was received in the city yester dlay of the death in Macon, Ga., of Mrs. John Finlney, who miovedl to that place ab~out 'two years ago with her husband, w'ho is the oldest son of Mr. John IH. Finley, of Maddens. Before her mar riage shen was a Miss .Martin, of this county, and has many relatives and friends who will deeply regret: her death. New County Nitrse Arrives Miss lKatherino llagqiuith, of lms An geles Cal., arrived in the city yesterday to take the place of Miss Minnie IRog ers, tihe county nurse, who resigned somne time ag-o on accouant of ill hath ORGANIZING BOYS' CLUBS Campaign for Enrollment In Boys Clubs Conitlinues. Mr. A. A. McKeown, District Farm IDemonstration Agent, was in the coun ty last iweek during Wednesday and Thursday and visited several schools with County Agent J. E. Trev-athan in the interets of 1Boys' Club Work in Laurens county. Club work was dis cus9sed briefly at Princeton on Wednes day njght where two -boys have joined the calf club. The following schools were visited Thursday by Mr. Mc Keown and Mr. Trevathan: Hickory Tavern, Friendship, Ekom, Nlt. Olive and -lt. Gallagher. Boys and girls alike seemed to enjoy the talks made by Alr. McKeown on the subject of Club Work. The canipaign for enroll ment in club work will be continued in the county to a greater or less de gree until .lay. It is important to join early, however, in order to 'get -the full benefit of the work. 'i-lere are eight of the leading ob jects of Boys' Club Work as suggested by L. !L. Baker, Supervising Agent of Boys 'Club Work: 1. To enlarge the vision of the boy and to give him definite pun ' ases at a very important perlod in his life. 2. To intercst 'the boy in Improved agricultural methods at a' period when he can .be most easily reached. 3. To assist in the development of the spirit of co-operaition 'in the fam ily and in the community. 4. To dignify the vocation of farm ing, to emphasize its possibilities, and thus encourage the boys to remain on the farm. 5. To emphasize the importance of keeiling farm record.,; and acciots . G. To make the boy a deionst rator of the facts of scientillc agriculture. 7. To develop leadership, responsi bility, and importance of co-operation and organization. 8. To assist the boy in making money for himself. Talk to your boy about club work and encourage him to join either the Pig Club, Corn Club, or the Calf Club. J. E. TRE-VATJfA:', County Agent. DR. MULLINS TO SPEAK Will Make an Address Here Next Mon da1ly. An associational conference of the Baptist Churches of the County will be held -here on Monday, the 21st inst., at which time Dr. E. Y. Mullins, 'president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, will make an address at 11 Y'clock. The meeting twill be hold at the First 'Baptist Church and dinner will be served by the ladies. An after noon session will also be held at which time other speakers will be provided. -Dr. Mullins, who is one of the fore most Baptists of tiho nation, has re cently returned from a six-months tour of Europe andl he will give the facts of the European conditions and the work the denomination is doing at first hand. Every church of the Laurens Association is asked to send represen tatives. TJIHOP FINLAY TO PIll-ACH Will Decliver Addfress af Episcopal Church Frlday Night. Public In lit. 1Rev. K. (I. inilay, D). I)., Bishop CoadjuIItor' of the 10pisc'opal dilocese of SouthI Cariol in a, will deli ver thie last address in the series of Lenten ad dresses at the Chu rch of the EIpiphany on next Friday niight at 8 o'clock. Ilis subject will b~e "The Contribution of the Episcopal Church to a United Christianity," The public has been ex tended a cordial invitation to hear him1 on this, his first vIsit to Laurens. lie wvill also preach at 11 o'clock on next Sunday morning at the Church of the Epiphanly. Capt. Flemiing Very Ill Messrs. R. F. and 'H. C. Fierming hays 'been spending several (lays In Green wood on account of 'the serious illness of their father, Capt. RI. F. FlemIng. 'Reports from these yesterday wore to the effect that Capt. Fleming's cond(1 tion showed no signs of Improvement and that. .there wvas little hope for his recove ry. Bulshmiems PIcking Up Business in the automobile line seems to b~e piceking up a little, said Mr. TP. R1. Easterby, of the I'aster'by Motor Company, yesterd(ay. ie r'eports a number of entquiries for car's (luring the ipast week and Monday his concern dleliver'ed a iDodge sedan to Dr. M, J. Mnaddnn.. of Clintan, CH1JISIANIZING INFLUENCE NEEDED IN CAPITAL Rev. A. IL% Bird Lays Ctonditionts in Na. flonal Capital on Hearts of ills liear(rs Thursday Night. -Rev. Andrew R. 'Bird, pastor of the Church of the 'Pilgrims, Washington, D. C., :who has been speaking all over the south on the religious situation in Washington city, and who addressed the Laymen's Convention In Green ville Wednesday, came down on the day following, upon the invitation of Rev. C. T. 1.,uires, to address a meet ing at the Presbyterian church Tliirs day evening. He also addressed the Lautrens high school on Friday morn I ng. The special purpose of Mr. Bird, as outlined at thei Presbyterian church, is to lay upon -the hearts of the Chris tian people of America a sense of re aponsibi'lity for the spiritual atmos phere of Washington City, the capital of the nation, 'to awake the country to a realization of the fact that the spirit ual condition of Washington is not a local problem, but is a national re sponsibility. Mr. 'lird called attention to the fact that Americans generally think of Washington as a political center, but seldom have thought of it as a center of spiritual influence. He showed that Washington has a very great requtire ment for the best Christian influences for four reasons. First, there live in Washingoton the correspondent.s prac tically of every newspaper in the United States. Every time the sun rises its light makes visible to the minds of America the thoughts which during the darkness of the preceding nhlt have flashed over the wires from the minds and hearts of these correspondents in Washington. These men do not merely report the facts, but 'they report the facts as seen through the media of their own sp)ii'it ual outlook. If they believe that the principles of Christ are applicable and practical for business and for govern ment today, then an limpulse for good goes throughout Amerlea every tiwen ty-four hours and makes it easier to put over movemonts for ri-gh teoisness in every town and 'hamlet under the Stars and Stripes. If these men can be Influenced by a Christian atmosphere in Washington. the good effects are felt throughout the land every (lay in the year. Another reason why tie best Chris tian atmosphere is needed in Wash ington, it was shown, Is because there lives in .that city another 'group of Inca who control the business of America. The Congress of the United States, by its taxation laws, fixes the prices and controls the business of the country. Mr. Bird urged his hearers to enter into a sympathetic understanding of the burdens which they impose uponl their servants in the congress and sen ante of the United States. le suggest ed the case of a corporation which nis covered that it could make a million dollars a year extra, profi t for their stockholders if it couild get a cer'taln law changed. Of course it twould go to Washington to try -to ge-t the law changed. Now, it might be simple jums tire to change that lawv according to the dlesire of that 'orpioraItioni. Or, it might work a grievous hardship oni a large class of citizens -to ('hange it. The point is that the full force oif that extra million dollars profit is briouight to bear' upon thle characters of a coim pairatively smnall grou p of men in Wash in gton. Alr. Illi'd cited the t est I maony of ai mian I:roinenl'it iln this state as a religious leader to the eff'ect that a friend of his had refused to allow himself to 1)0 r'e-elected to congreoss and hlad 'givenl as his reason thaat lie thought more of his own soul thani lhe did of hits .seat in the congress of tihe United States. "I quit congress," he said, "to save my soul." Mir. Bird also qluotedh a number of other' congress men to t'he same effect. The wvife of another member of congress in (11s cussing these various cases withhi.\1r. Blird remarked to him that she hiad always felt that a congressma~n n'evei' left his hioime in the mori'niig and went down to his ofilen that he did not have some1 shai'i temiptat ion of this sort put1 up to 'hlmw. 1 7nder' thieso ci rcumstancer: .\r. Bhird( asked his hearers swhether they dlid not feel that every American Christian should unite to keel) the becacons of unseis ser'vlce and 'of Christlike Influence 'hurning brightly in an atmnosphlei'e where men wvere so largely trusted and so sorely tempted. Mr'. Bird brou'ght to the 'attention of (Continued on P'agrn Fomr BARR[II CNRG[8 HIDDEN INFLUNCES "Assistant Government" Behind Washington Scenes FARMER'S HEAD MAKES CHARGES Head of Natilonail Farmer's UTioTn ISays "A ssistant Govern ment" In Washing totn, imtile up of Itpresentatives of Varlons Interests, a Great Power. Washington, March 1 -.-0xistence of "a new and powerful 'assistant' gov ernment" in Washington, made up of the representatives of' various inter ests, is charged in a statement issued here tonight by Charles S. .Barrett, of Union City, Ga., preldent of the Na tional Farmers' Union and chairman of the ational board of farm organiza tions. "The 'assistant' government," Mr. Barrett says, "has one advantage over the constitutional 'government. It -is more effectually trained for its work. It is an association of specialists. Em inent men and women who know iall the legislative, administrative and bu reaucratic avenues, strects and alleys in Washington, belong to this inter esting and patriotic collection of men and women." Individuals named by ir. Barrett as included among these are oJsaph Do Frees, of Chicago, president of the L'nited States chamber of commerce; Alfred P. Thon, general counsel of the Association Railway Executives; J. 1). A. Morrow, vice president. of the National Coal Association; George H. Cushing, managing director of the Wholesale Coal Dealers' Association; James A. 1~nary, !general counsel for the National Association of Mlanufac turers; Willis Compton, of the Hard iwood Lumbermen's Assciation; John IH. Kirby of the Soutthorn Pi*e Men and R. T. Strasbaugh, president of the National Canners' Association, E'ven the foreign governments are not without their representatives, ac cording to Mr. Barrett. le says: "Of course it is improper for foreign diplomats to attempt to Influence American legislative or executive ac tion, but a way has been found to ac comlplish this. Legislative committees have been created under the names of educational bureaus or sUich like. Those have no definite or tangillo connection with any accredited diplo mats, nevertheleop the country which the diplomat represents is the bene fciary of their activities." .\1r. Barrett says no one has yet t-Ak en a complete census of the men nd women associated with the "assistant government," but that "it is estimated by persons who believe they have cor rect information that for every man in both branches of congress there are at least two patriots In Washington ready and~ eager' to instrutt himn in huis "if a stat eman is in doublt on a mat t'r," lhe (continuted, ''all lie has to do is to 'onsltt with a member or the inner c'irtcle or thle 'assistant gov'ernz ment' and Ihe can inlst antily be set at raight." Mi'. I iarrett asserts that .'Alr. D)e Frees, who recetly was elected pr'esi dent of the chambn er of comnmerce of the United States, "has been given a iplace among the notables who ate in Wash ingtoni to assist the government in its effort to (10 its dutly."' ..\r. Thom, according to Mr. Bar.. rett, "'knoiws more about thle t ranspor taii oni pr'oblemt insofar as IL may bo made a subject of national legislation, thatn any man in the linited States." "Mr'. Thomn hats for yeatrs benevolent 13' instructed the interstate and for oign conmmierce commiittees of both hotuses of congress on what ought to be (done to and for' the railroads," Mr, Barrett continues. "lie has the re spect and coniidence of many of the leaders and thle approaches to the in ner11 legislative circles have never been closedl to h im. lie has shown himt self on many occasions to be able to dliver't that thought' of headet's fr'om other and important logislation to mat ter's in which the Association of Rail way Executives are especially initer "One of the most vir'ile and helpful or'ganizations which Is assisting the government in Its efforts to give the (Continued on Page 1Fnr.)